S. Tharbad loc. “Crossway, Crossing”
A ford over the river Gwathló (LotR/274) translated as “Crossway” (SA/thar) or “(Road) Crossing” (RC/15, PE17/34). This name is a combination of thar “across” and pâd “way” (PE17/34).
Conceptual Development: The name N. Tharbad appeared in Lord of the Rings drafts from the 1940s (TI/164). It also appeared in The Etymologies from the 1930s as a derivative of the root ᴹ√THAR¹ “across, beyond”, where it had a difficult-to-read gloss, most likely “*Crossway” according to Christopher Tolkien (Ety/THAR).
References ✧ LotRI; PE17/34; PMI; RC/15; SA/thar; UTI
Glosses
Elements
| thar | “across, athwart, over” | ✧ PE17/34 | |
| pâd | “a step; track, road; ford” | ✧ PE17/34 (pad) | |
| pad- | “to step, walk” | ✧ PE17/34 | |
Derivations
Phonetic Developments
| ✶thara-pata > Tharbad | [tʰarapata] > [θarapata] > [θarapat] > [θarapad] > [θarabad] > [θarbad] | ✧ SA/thar |
N. Tharbad loc. “(?Crossway)”
References ✧ Ety/THAR; SDI1/Tharbad; TI/164; TII
Glosses
Variations
Elements
| #thar | “across, beyond” | ✧ Ety/THAR | |
| #pâd | “?way” | soft-mutation | ✧ Ety/THAR (bad) |